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The Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series Books 1–3: The Ladies of Mandrigyn, Witches of Wenshar, and The Dark Hand of Magic Kindle Edition

by Barbara Hambly (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Three fantasy novels of war and wizardry by a “fabulously talented” New York Times–bestselling author (Charlaine Harris).
 In The Ladies of Mandrigyn, a brilliant mercenary must lead his army against the forces of the most powerful wizard alive. Gifted with courage, strength, and the intelligence to know when to fight, Sun Wolf is the greatest mercenary in a land overrun by war. With his first lieutenant, Starhawk, at his side, he has laid waste to countless cities, taking the best of their treasures for himself, and distributing the rest among his bloodthirsty crew.
Then a woman comes to him, an emissary from the town of Mandrigyn, a lush port city recently sacked by a powerful, mad wizard of unmatched abilities. She offers Sun Wolf untold riches for the use of his army, but the captain is not fool enough to wage war against a magician. He refuses her offer, but that is not the end of it. The women of Mandrigyn can be very persuasive.
In The Witches of Wenshar, to harness his newfound magical powers, Sun Wolf must cross the desert in search of a witch who can teach him the ways of sorcery. Accompanied by his lieutenant, Starhawk, he travels across the forbidding desert to the land of Wenshar, where witchcraft is said to flourish. There he seeks out a witch with powers far beyond her years, who is rumored to have mastered the ancient art of white magic. But when he and Starhawk finally reach her, there is evil in the air—an evil against which all their might is useless. Sun Wolf must learn to harness his newfound powers—or be taken by this sinister trap.
In The Dark Hand of Magic, Sun Wolf must use his immature magical powers to rescue his old army from an evil wizard’s curse. A string of rotten luck has befallen his old crew’s latest campaign, and they have begun to suspect a curse. Their arrows break; their food rots; their tunnels cave in. They have heard rumors of Sun Wolf’s magical abilities, and beg for his help. But when he goes after whatever is targeting his men, he finds himself up against the deadliest force he has ever encountered. 
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“Barbara is a fabulously talented writer who can write well in any genre.” —Charlaine Harris

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Barbara Hambly (b. 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. She published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun Wolf and Starhawk series, and Sun-Cross series, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes. Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CLVBA4Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (May 21, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 21, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 22862 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1163 pages
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"Barbara Hambly (b. 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master’s degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.

Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles."

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Sun Wolf and Star hawk Series
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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A series of three books that are great. The series is a journey to find Sun Wolf's real self, to discover what true love means and to learn to care about others besides your own people. Two words of advice his father gave were, "stay away from magic and don't fall in love." I have had these books for a long time and wish I had read them sooner.
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Jenny Everywhere
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but the companion audiobook is awful.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015
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I bought this along with the audiobook, and wish I hadn't purchased the audiobook. The stories are wonderful -- I loved them years ago, and probably still have the paperbacks somewhere, but the reader for the audiobook was simply atrocious, with an overly-stilted and flat delivery that, after about two chapters, makes you want to punch your listening device in the face. The book itself, however, is excellent.
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K. L. Vosswinkel
5.0 out of 5 stars Her best series, but slightly uneven
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2013
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I was introduced to Barbara Hambly when I saw a friend reading The Witches of Wenshar and he said it was great. I like to start at the beginning of a series so I picked up The Ladies of Mandrigyn and almost immediately fell in love. I'm not a reviewer so I won't go into details or wax flowery about how the writer excels at her craft, except to say she pulled me right into her world with this series. I *loved* Sun Wolf and Starhawk from the very beginning, and was so happy to continue following their adventures in the rest of the trilogy. My personal feeling is that The Dark Hand of Magic was not quite as enthralling as the first 2 books but overall this series is WELL worth jumping into. In fact I really wish she has written more Sun Wolf and Starhawk books, I miss them!
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Amazon Customer kel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022
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The characters are great as well as very different from her other series. All in all a great read and I am ready for more.
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Andie
5.0 out of 5 stars Two strong adult heroes to add to your favorites
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn amazed me when I first read it many years ago. What a pleasure to find it has not lost its appeal. Sun Wolf and Star Hawk are both strong, interesting characters. This is a well-plotted, interesting fantasy-adventure story with a nasty villain and one of the scariest monster concepts I have ever encountered. The second and third novels are well worth reading, too, because you will love the protagonists and will want more of them.
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sandman44
4.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Version
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2013
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The series is really good, the only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because there were several errors made during the conversion to Kindle format. Not huge ones, mostly similar words substituted but just enough to be mildly irritating.
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Anne Wingate
5.0 out of 5 stars Unmatchable, Unforgettable
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019
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I don't know how many times I have read this book. All three of the novels in it are great additions to the worlds of fantasy.
Hambly is a writer I recommend to my writing students.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Really, really gory
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2013
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I had read the first book in the series, Ladies of Mandrigyn, and really liked the characters even though I don't usually go for stories about war. When the collection came up on sale I looked forward to reading the rest of the series, but was very disappointed in it. The second and third books got progressively more violent and gory, with page after page of description of the wounds and pain the characters were in. Reading these repetitious scenes began to feel sadistic after a while.

I also usually like creative description that uses techniques like anthropomorphism to add depth to the scenes. However, this author went way overboard. There is page after page of description of wind as prowling, haunting, snuffling, screaming, scuffing, etc. She uses every color, shade, tint, and variation to describe hair color, eye color, etc, of the same characters over and over. I appreciate the creativity, but after the umpteenth time of describing the same character's eye/hair color, I don't need to read it again. I got it already. I finally began to skim over the descriptive sections.

My other problem with this series is that while the author can find lots of techniques for describing her characters, she seems to have much less imagination for her descriptions of the magic that the characters use. It involves mostly writing runes in a circle on the ground or in the air. Other magic the characters do happens in their minds with little description (other than of how much pain it causes them). I'd appreciate a little more creativity surrounding the art/craft of the magic used.

This writer has great facility with language, so I'm sorry not to appreciate it more. If she had been a little more sparing with it, it would have been more enjoyable.
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Brian W. Gamble
5.0 out of 5 stars Sword and sorcery done better than most.
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2022
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A talented author, on a hot run with this set.
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Constant Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars More about Starhawk and Sunwolf
Reviewed in Germany on July 12, 2014
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Unlike many writers of sequels, Hambly takes the trouble to invent new plots and characters.
The characters we met before have got older and wiser, some went bad, some improved. They make decisions which change their lives, then they really do change.

This book is a cross between thriller and fantasy. Poor Sunwolf is still finding his way into magic without any help, and Starhawk spends a good part of the book in a coma. The problem is finding out who the bad guy is - in this case the bad magician - and stop him. Many twists and turns, much action from the intrepid fighter Starhawk, and good triumphs,as it should.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2014
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A fantastic mix of fantasy, love, magic and mercenaries! Barbara Hambly has drawn these characters beautifully and the stories are fascinating and feisty! A real treat for any fantasy lover.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding ,Epic !
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2020
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Outstanding , gritty piece of epic sword and sorcery mayhem masterly crafted with a loving hand. You will not be disappointed in any way by the stories her in except for the fact that
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Shaun Murrant
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, character based writing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2017
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Two engaging protagonists and a vividly described setting. The best kind of classic fantasy. Kept me coming back for more.
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